States fearful about losing Planning Commission: Uttarakhand CM

New Delhi: There is a strong sense of apprehension and uncertainty among states like Uttarakhand following the Union Government's proposal to wind up the Planning Commission, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said on Saturday.

The Congress leader made the comments at a summit in the national capital on centre-state relationships, as he locked horns with BJP leader and his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis over the issue of centre-state relations in the Indian federation on Saturday.

"There is uncertainty among small states like mine regarding the potential dismantling of the Planning Commission.'' Who do we approach for funding and other concerns now? Rawat asked as he shared his fears over the loss of an autonomous body at the Centre that sets the country's development agenda.

"There is a logical concern because it was the Commission that interacted with us (the states) at every level until now," Rawat added.

"Modi is a visionary and he wants to strengthen centre-state relations. The Congress "governed states are raising baseless concerns only because they are in the opposition," Fadnavis said at the summit.